Winchester M1 Garand - A question

nice gun--- i have ---m1 springfield date dec 1943--drawning numbers on bolt--housing-are in time frame of the above production-- barrel is original and all cartouches are correct for year--sling is green web which was introduced on garands in late 1943--sling in marked usmc 1943 -hammer number is correct along with number on lifter--op-rod sa--..what would this be worth.i think this m1 is original--not a rebuild --opinions welcomed
 
To rifle guy ....
In the bottom of the hand grip they often inset a brass medallion engraved with company numbers and the like. If the SR# matches the engraveings on the bolt and are stamped in the stock you have something special!
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I see the mark left in the stock from where the brass medallion might have been, but is no longer there. But the SR# on the receiver is the same as the one marked on the stock ....and so thats a pretty good thing?
 
jibjedi said:
Sounds like I have a lot to learn about what exactly I can put through this rifles barrel safely ....thanks for the heads up all!
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For the Garand newbs, the issue with ammo is that the Garand was developed using faster burning powders than are typical today. Using factory ammo with slower burning powders results in higher pressures in the gas system than the M1 was designed for and this can damage parts and is generally hard on the rifle. There are two ways around this:

1) Hand load ammo using the correct bullets (150gr FMJ or 165-168gr. match bullets) and correct powders (IMR4064 and IMR4895) that will give the correct pressures for the gas system. This is a good option because ammo is expensive and you are going to shoot a lot of it with a great rifle like the Garand. Reloading at least lets you minimize the costs of enjoying the M1.

2) Buy a Schuster or McCann gas plug that lets you shoot commercial ammo with safe pressures in the gas system. Both are essentially vented gas plugs that bleed off the excess pressure from the commercial ammo to keep operating pressures at safe levels for the gas system.

The M2 ball ammo used by the US Army in the Garand put a 150gr. FMJ bullet out at 2750fps and that is the load to duplicate.

I bought my Schuster gas plug at Creedmore Sports. They are in California and had good service. Shipping was a touch slow, but they were very good at answering questions and helpful with my order. They also offer National Match sights (a huge improvement over the battle sights), 2 and 5 round en bloc clips (I bought some 5 rounders for hunting next year) and other goodies for the M1/M14 family of rifles.

creedmoorsports.com

If anybody wants more info on the handloads, shoot me a PM.

Mark
 
Nice Garand, you will love it. They shoot as far out as the sights go. I know many will disagree with me on this point, but have have used 190 gr Sierra Matchkings in mine with no ill affects. Several thousand of them. My friend and long range mentor has done the same with many 1000's of them. His thought is powder burn rate is the most critical consideration
 
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